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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first chapter, who does the author say had died several years ago?
(a) One of the author's sons.
(b) The author's friend.
(c) The author's father.
(d) The author's brother.

2. What religious form would an introduction of a bad God take, according to the author?
(a) Distorted Anglican theology.
(b) An Eastern religious idea.
(c) A Roman Catholic idea.
(d) A sort of extreme Calvinism.

3. According to the author, what never repeats itself?
(a) History.
(b) Friends.
(c) God.
(d) Nature.

4. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) We barely notice it.
(b) It pulls us toward it.
(c) We need to share it with others.
(d) We run from it.

5. How does the author decide he must consider death?
(a) As an illusion.
(b) As a permanent separation.
(c) As God's punishment.
(d) As a brief parting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease took both of the author's parents?

2. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

3. How does Lewis begin his reflections?

4. What metaphor does the author use to describe the strength of his belief of H.'s continuing existence?

5. What feeling is the author surprised to discover that grief resembles?

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